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@@ -2,10 +2,26 @@ `./configure.py` generates the `build.ninja` files used to build ninja. It accepts various flags to adjust build parameters. +Run './configure.py --help' for more configuration options. The primary build target of interest is `ninja`, but when hacking on -Ninja your changes should be testable so it's more useful to build -and run `ninja_test` when developing. +Ninja your changes should be testable so it's more useful to build and +run `ninja_test` when developing. + +### Bootstrapping + +Ninja is built using itself. To bootstrap the first binary, run the +configure script as `./configure.py --bootstrap`. It This first +compiles all non-test source files together, then re-builds Ninja +using itself. You should end up with a `ninja' binary (or +`ninja.exe`) in the source root. + +#### Windows + +On Windows, you'll need to install Python to run `configure.py`, and +run everything under a Visual Studio Tools Command Prompt (or after +running `vcvarsall` in a normal command prompt). See below if you +want to use mingw or some other compiler instead using Visual Studio. ### Adjusting build flags @@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ See the manual -- http://martine.github.com/ninja/manual.html or doc/manual.asciidoc included in the distribution -- for background and more details. -To build, run ./configure.py --bootstrap. It first compiles all non-test -source files together, then re-builds Ninja using itself. You should -end up with a 'ninja' binary in the source root. - -Run './configure.py --help' for more configuration options. +Binaries for Linux, Mac, and Windows are available at + https://github.com/martine/ninja/releases Run './ninja -h' for Ninja help. +To build your own binary, on many platforms it should be sufficient to +just run `./configure.py --bootstrap`; for more details see HACKING.md. +(Also read that before making changes to Ninja, as it has advice.) + Installation is not necessary because the only required file is is the resulting ninja binary. However, to enable features like Bash completion and Emacs and Vim editing modes, some files in misc/ must be |